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By forming partnerships with co-working spaces across the globe, BizDojo has opened up access to pre-existing networks of creatives for kiwi creatives and businesses.

Partnership agreements have been made in six cities so far, including: Buenos Aires, Rome, Stockholm, Honolulu, Panama City, and most recently, Tokyo.

These connections are invaluable to freelancers and entrepreneurs wanting to travel for work, or export their products and skills overseas while remaining in New Zealand.

Last week, three members of the BizDojo team travelled to Tokyo to meet the founders of newly opened co-working and creative space “Midori.so”. Nick Shewring (BizDojo Co-founder) and Elise Sterback (Brand and Culture Manager) visited co-founder of Midori.so, Miho Koshiba, and were given a tour of the three-storey space.

The space has welcomed twenty new residents to its community since it opened in April 2012. Ms Koshiba is also in the process of setting up of the first and only independent think-tank in Japan, the Mirai Institute.

Midori.so has not yet found a coffee supplier and Ms Koshiba expressed a strong interest in importing from a kiwi coffee roaster. The BizDojo have now begun working closely with Three Beans Coffee to explore exporting their product to Japan.

Global Partnerships

• Area Tres - Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Box Jelly - Hawaii, USA
• Casco Station - Panama City, Panama
• The Church - Stockholm, Sweden
• CoWo 360 - Rome, Italy
• Midori.so - Tokyo, Japan

About the BizDojo:

The BizDojo is New Zealand’s leading co-working and innovation space. Over 100 digital creatives, start-ups and entrepreneurs work from the Auckland and Wellington spaces.

The BizDojo both manages and carefully curates the community, to encourage connections between members and foster collaboration.

A new venue in Auckland, BizDojo Makerspace, brings co-working to a studio workshop environment for analogue artists.